Catalogus uariorum exoticorum rarissimorum maximam partem incognitorum et nullibi descriptorum partim medicinae partim curiositati inseruientium quae in museo suo breui luci exponendo possidet

by: Vater, Abraham, 1684-1751; Vidua Gerdesia, publisher; Königliche Bibliothek zu Berlin, former owner. DSI

Publication date: 1726

Topics: Vater, Abraham, 1684-1751, Natural history, Curiosities and wonders, Plants, Botany, Materia medica, Seeds, Minerals

Publisher: Wittembergae : Apud Viduam Gerdesiam

Collection: biodiversity

Digitizing sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

Contributor: Smithsonian Libraries

Language: Latin

Preface dated at end (p. [6], 1st group): Ex museo Wittenbergae d. xvi. mai. MDCCXXVI

Woodcut vignette on t.p.; head- and tail-pieces; initial

Signatures: )((-)(4) A-B

Lacking the illustrated plate in D. Murray's bibliographic description of this edition, which was probably based on an extra-illustrated copy

Radices -- Ligna -- Cortices -- Herbae folia et flores -- Semina et fructus -- Gummata et balsama sicca -- Balsama fluida succi et olea destillata -- Lapides bezoardici et animalia alia itemque marina atque mineralia

BM (Nat. Hist.)

Murray, D. Museums; their history and their use

Pritzel, G.A. Thesaurus literaturae botanicae omnium gentium

Brief listings of Vater's collection of natural history specimens; some mention place of origin

Antiquariat Michael Kuehn (Berlin, Germany);

SCNHRB copy 39088016713760 has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Purchased from the Cullman Endowment

SCNHRB copy has stamps on the verso of the t.p.: 1. (red ink) Ex biblioth. Regia Berolinensi; 2. (black ink) Vend. ex bibl. Reg. Berol

SCNHRB copy has a modern marbled paperboard binding, predominantly in bronze and brown tones